| Champion |
Won From |
Date |
| Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima |
Shuji Kondo & Brother YASSHI |
7/26/05 |
Titles are later vacated due to an injury to Kensuke Sasaki. |
| Shuji Kondo & Brother YASSHI |
n/a |
6/19/05 |
| Defeated Tomoaki Honma &
Katsuhiko Nakajima to win the vacant titles in a tournament final. |
| Bull Buchanan & Rico Constantino |
Mitsuya Nagai & Masayuki Naruse |
2/2/05 |
| Titles are later vacated due to
inactivity. |
| Mitsuya Nagai & Masayuki Naruse |
Genichiro Tenryu & Masanobu Fuchi |
11/3/04 |
| Genichiro Tenryu & Masanobu Fuchi |
Great Kosuke & Shiryu |
5/22/04 |
| Great Kosuke & Shiryu (AKA
Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi) |
Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Mr. Gannosuke |
1/2/04 |
| Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Mr. Gannosuke |
n/a |
12/25/03 |
| Defeated Jun Kasai & Tengu
Kaiser to win the vacant titles. |
| Kintaro Kanemura & Tetsuhiro Kuroda |
Kohei Sato & Hirotaka Yokoi |
10/10/03 |
| Titles declared vacant on
12/14/03 due to an Kanemura's illness. |
| Kohei Sato & Hirotaka Yokoi |
n/a |
7/19/03 |
| Sato & Yokoi defeated Tomoaki
Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto in a tournament final for the vacated titles. |
| Arashi & Nobutaka Araya |
n/a |
4/13/02 |
| Arashi and Nobutaka Araya
defeated Mitsuya Nagai and Shigeo Okumura for the vacated tag team titles.
Titles are vacated on 6/20/03 after Arashi wins the AJPW World Tag Team
Titles. |
| Arashi & Koki Kitahara |
n/a |
9/8/01 |
| Arashi and Koki Kitahara
defeated Nobutaka Araya and Shigeo Okumura for the vacated tag team titles.
Titles vacated in 2002. |
| Masahito Kakihara & Mitsuya Nagai |
n/a |
6/8/01 |
| Masahito Kakihara and Mitsuya
Nagai defeated Yuji Nagata and Shin'ya Makabe for the tag team titles. |
| Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue |
n/a |
10/25/99 |
| Tamon Honda and Masao Inoue
defeated Johnny Smith and Maunakea Mossman in 5-team round-robin tournament
final to win the titles. The titles were vacated in June of 2000 when Tamon
Honda and Masao Inoue left the promotion. |
| Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa |
Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama |
8/25/99 |
| Mitsuharu Misawa vacated the
title after the match in order to give other wrestlers a chance to hold the
title. |
| Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama |
Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki |
6/4/99 |
| Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki |
Tamon Honda & Jun Izumida |
2/13/99 |
| Tamon Honda & Jun Izumida |
Johnny Smith & Wolf Hawkfield |
10/6/98 |
| Johnny Smith & Wolf Hawkfield |
Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori |
1/9/98 |
| Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori |
n/a |
1/29/95 |
| Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori
wins a tournament for the titles. |
| Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat [5] |
The Patriot & The Eagle |
9/9/93 |
| The titles were vacated on
December 4, 1994. |
| The Patriot & The Eagle |
Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi |
6/2/93 |
| Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi |
Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat |
5/25/92 |
| Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat [4] |
Joel Deaton & Billy Black |
7/26/91 |
| Joel Deaton & Billy Black |
Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace |
7/18/91 |
| Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace [2] |
Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat |
7/8/91 |
| Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat [3] |
Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith |
4/20/91 |
| Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith |
n/a |
4/6/91 |
| Dynamite Kid and Johnny Smith
defeated Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi for the titles. |
| Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace |
n/a |
9/7/90 |
| Kenta Kobashi and Johnny Ace
defeated Tommy Rogers and Bobby Fulton for the titles. |
| Shin'ichi Nakano & Akira Taue |
n/a |
6/5/90 |
| Shin'ichi Nakano and Akira Taue
defeated Davey Boy Smith and Johnny Smith for the titles. The titles were
vacated on June 19, 1990 when Nakano jumps to Super World Sports. |
| Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa |
Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat |
4/9/90 |
| Mitsuharu Misawa vacated the
title on May 15, 1990 to concentrate on singles. |
| Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat [2] |
Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki |
3/6/90 |
| Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki [3] |
Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat |
10/20/89 |
| Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat |
Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki |
5/5/89 |
| Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki [2] |
Shunji Takano & Shin'ichi Nakano |
9/15/88 |
| Shunji Takano & Shin'ichi Nakano |
Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki |
9/8/88 |
| Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki |
Takashi Ishikawa & Mighty Inoue |
3/9/88 |
| Takashi Ishikawa & Mighty Inoue [2] |
n/a |
7/30/87 |
| Takashi Ishikawa and Mighty
Inoue defeated Isamu Teranishi and Masanobu Kurisu for the titles. |
| Ashura Hara & Super Strong Machine |
Takashi Ishikawa & Mighty Inoue |
10/30/86 |
| The titles were vacated when
Super Strong Machine jumped to New Japan in 1987. |
| Takashi Ishikawa & Mighty Inoue |
Isamu Teranishi & Norio Honaga |
10/31/85 |
| Isamu Teranishi & Norio Honaga |
n/a |
1985 |
| Animal Hamaguchi was injured
and was replaced by Norio Honaga. |
| Isamu Teranishi & Animal Hamaguchi |
Takashi Ishikawa & Akio Sato |
7/18/85 |
| Takashi Ishikawa & Akio Sato [2] |
n/a |
4/15/85 |
| Takashi Ishikawa and Akio Sato
defeated Animal Hamaguchi and Masanobu Kurisu for the titles. |
| Ashura Hara & Takashi Ishikawa |
n/a |
2/23/84 |
| Ashura Hara and Takashi
Ishikawa defeated Jerry Morrow and Thomas Ivey for the titles. Ashura Hara
vacated the title in October of 1984. |
| Ashura Hara & Mighty Inoue |
n/a |
2/23/83 |
| Ashura Hara and Mighty Inoue
defeated Great Kojika and Motoshi Okuma for the titles. Mighty Inoue vacated
the titles in February of 1984 to concentrate on the World Junior
Heavyweight title. |
| Takashi Ishikawa & Akio Sato |
Kevin Von Erich & David Von Erich |
6/11/81 |
| Titles were vacated in January
of 1983 when Akio Sato was injured. |
| Kevin Von Erich & David Von Erich |
Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma |
5/23/81 |
| Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma [4] |
n/a |
5/31/79 |
| Great Kojika and Motoshi Okuma
defeated Butch Miller and Sweet William for the titles. |
| Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma [3] |
Mighty Inoue & Animal Hamaguchi |
2/2/78 |
| The titles were vacated when
Great Kojika and Motoshi Okuma did not defend the titles in three months.
|
| Mighty Inoue & Animal Hamaguchi |
Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma |
11/6/77 |
| Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma [2] |
Akihisa Takachiho & Samson Kutsuwada |
6/16/77 |
| Tiger Jeet Singh and Umanosuke
Ueda win New Japan's version of the tag team titles from Seiji Sakaguchi and
Strong Kobayashi on July 15, 1966 in Sapporo, Japan, but they were abandoned
on May 21, 1981. |
| Akihisa Takachiho & Samson Kutsuwada |
Jerry Oates & Ted Oates |
10/21/76 |
| Jerry Oates & Ted Oates |
Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma |
10/2/76 |
| Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma |
n/a |
3/26/76 |
| Great Kojika and Motoshi Okuma
defeated Korean represenatives for the titles. Seiji Sakaguchi and Strong
Kobayashi were recognized as champions by New Japan by defeated Tiger Jeet
Singh and Gama Singh on August 4, 1976 in Sendai, Japan. |
| Great Kojika & Gentetsu Matsuoka |
n/a |
3/3/73 |
| Great Kojika and Gentetsu
Matsuoka defeated Kurt Von Steiger and Karl Von Krupp for the titles. The
titles were vacated when the JWA closed on April 20, 1973 |
| Michiaki Yoshimura & Seiji Sakaguchi |
n/a |
12/12/71 |
| The titles were vacated when
Michiaki Yoshimura retired and Seiji Sakaguchi jumped to New Japan. |
| Michiaki Yoshimura & Antonio Inoki [3] |
n/a |
10/30/69 |
| Michiaki Yoshimura and Antonio
Inoki defeated Buddy Austin and Mr. Atomic in a rematch for the titles. The
titles were vacated when Inoki was expelled from the JWA in December of
1971. |
| Michiaki Yoshimura & Antonio Inoki [2] |
n/a |
8/9/69 |
| Michiaki Yoshimura and Antonio
Inoki defeated Crusher Lisowski and Al Mahilik for the titles. Titles were
held-up on October 10, 1969 after a match against Buddy Austin and Mr.
Atomic in Yamagata, Japan. |
|
Kintaro Ohki & Antonio Inoki |
n/a |
2/3/69 |
| Kintaro Ohki and Antonio Inoki
defeated Buster Royd and Tom Jones for the titles. Ohki vacated the titles
in July of 1969. |
| Michiaki Yoshimura & Kintaro Ohki [3] |
Skull Murphy & Klondike Bill |
7/30/68 |
| Michiaki Yoshimura vacated the
titles in January of 1969. |
| Skull Murphy & Klondike Bill |
Michiaki Yoshimura & Kintaro Ohki |
7/8/68 |
| Michiaki Yoshimura & Kintaro Ohki [2] |
n/a |
1/6/68 |
| Michiaki Yoshimura and Kintaro
Ohki defeated Bill Miller and Rick Hunter for the titles. |
| Michiaki Yoshimura & Antonio Inoki |
n/a |
5/26/67 |
| Michiaki Yoshimura and Antonio
Inoki defeated Fritz Von Erich and Ike Eakins for the titles. Antonio Inoki
vacated the titles in January of 1968. |
| Michiaki Yoshimura & Kintaro Ohki |
n/a |
12/3/66 |
| Michiaki Yoshimura and Kintaro
Ohki defeated Eddie Morea and Tarzan Zorro for the titles. The titles were
then vacated in April of 1967 when Ohki was injured in a car accident. |
| Michiaki Yoshimura & Giant Baba |
Killer Karl Kox & Eddie Graham |
7/1/66 |
| Giant Baba vacated the titles
in November of 1966. |
| Killer Karl Kox & Eddie Graham |
Michiaki Yoshimura & Hiro Matsuda |
6/27/66 |
| Michiaki Yoshimura & Hiro Matsuda |
Killer Karl Kox & Joe Carrolo |
5/28/66 |
| Killer Karl Kox & Joe Carrolo |
n/a |
5/26/66 |
| Toyonobori & Giant Baba [2] |
The Destroyer & Billy Red Lyons |
7/15/65 |
| Toyonobori was expelled from
the JWA (Japan Wrestling Association). |
| The Destroyer & Billy Red Lyons |
Toyonobori & Giant Baba |
6/3/64 |
| Toyonobori & Giant Baba |
Gene Kiniski & Ciclon Negro |
5/29/64 |
| Gene Kiniski & Ciclon Negro |
Toyonobori & Michiaki Yoshimura |
5/14/64 |
| Toyonobori & Michiaki Yoshimura |
n/a |
2/20/64 |
| Toyonobori and Michiaki
Yoshimura defeated Prince Curtis Iaukea and Don Maoukian for the titles. |
| Rikidozan & Toyonobori [4] |
n/a |
5/6/63 |
| Rikidozan and Toyonobori
defeated Killer Kowalski and Fred Atkins for the titles. The titles were
then vacated on December 15, 1963 when Rikidozan died from stab wounds that
he suffered on December 8, 1963 in Tokyo. |
| Rikidozan & Toyonobori [3] |
Mike Sharpe & Buddy Austin |
7/1/62 |
| The titles were vacated in
January of 1963 when Toyonobori was injured. |
| Mike Sharpe & Buddy Austin |
Rikidozan & Toyonobori |
6/4/62 |
| Rikidozan & Toyonobori [2] |
Luther Lindsay & Ricky Waldo |
2/15/62 |
| Luther Lindsay & Ricky Waldo |
Rikidozan & Toyonobori |
2/3/62 |
| Rikidozan & Toyonobori |
Dan Miller & Frank Valois |
6/7/60 |
| Dan Miller & Frank Valois |
n/a |
6/2/60 |
| Dan Miller and Frank Valois
defeated Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura for the titles. |
| Tiger Jokinder & King Kong Czaya |
n/a |
11/16/55 |
| Tiger Jokinder and King Kong
Czaya defeated Rikidozan and Harold Sakata in a tournament final to win the
titles. |
